Holiday World's Mammoth almost ready for public

MOLLY BARTELS / COURIER & PRESS Dan Koch, Holiday World CEO, right, talks with Weyer Electric employee, Steve Hulsman, left, during his break in the control room for the park's new water coaster, the Mammoth, in Santa Claus, Ind., on Wednesday. The coaster will be operational for the start of the 2012 season.

MOLLY BARTELS / COURIER & PRESS Dan Koch, Holiday World CEO, talks about the park's new water coaster, the Mammoth, at the park in Santa Claus, Ind., on Wednesday. The coaster will be operational for the start of the 2012 season.

Koch stands in the entry point of the Mammoth to show its size. At 1,763 feet, Mammoth is slightly more than 50 feet longer than the Wildebeest.